Core elements of digital storytelling from experts’ perspective

• Main Authors: Tenh, Hock Kuan, Shiratuddin, Norshuhada, Harun, Harryizman
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/9398/1/CR163.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/9398/; http://www.kmice.cms.net.my

Digital storytelling (DST) is an evolution of aged old traditional storytelling.Still harnessing the power of a story in passing on wisdom and knowledge, DST has augmented the power of storytelling many times via the fruit of modernity, which is technology. Center for Digital Storytelling defines DST as a "short, first-person video narrative created by combining recorded voice, still and moving images and music or other sounds.However, in order for the digital storyteller to construct a digital story, there are sets of elements introduced by experts who will guide the aspiring digital storytellers during the construction process.Nevertheless, there is more than one experts and each expert comes with varieties of elements though some are redundant.The main drive of this study is to represent the elements from diverse experts in order to centralize them to be the single guide for digital story construction.The purpose of this paper is to present the core elements of DST after undergoing expert review.